| Our city - trip down memory lane on 18:22 - Apr 28 with 745 views | Lohengrin |
| Our city - trip down memory lane on 18:21 - Apr 28 by londonlisa2001 |
I remember John Menzies for records - top Woolies as well.
And of course we had one of the early Virgin record shops on Union Street and Derrick’s on Oxford Street. |
And Musiquarium for the more discerning. |  |
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| Our city - trip down memory lane on 18:26 - Apr 28 with 732 views | raynor94 |
| Our city - trip down memory lane on 18:21 - Apr 28 by londonlisa2001 |
I remember John Menzies for records - top Woolies as well.
And of course we had one of the early Virgin record shops on Union Street and Derrick’s on Oxford Street. |
I can remember David Evans having the booths with headphones, so you could listen to the latest releases before buying. |  |
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| Our city - trip down memory lane on 18:29 - Apr 28 with 727 views | jack2jack |
| Our city - trip down memory lane on 17:06 - Apr 28 by londonlisa2001 |
Eddershaws, Treasure, ‘top’ Woolworths and ‘bottom’ Woolworths, BHS, M&S, C&A, Debenhams, Chelsea Girl , Etams n the Quadrant, Eynons, Benetton (the mothership for us when we were teenagers), Principles (which was definitely posh back in the day), My Father’s Moustache, David Evans, JT Morgan, Dylans’s bookshop in Salubrious Passage, Duck Son and Pinker, John Ham’s and Picton Music, Uplands Book Shop.
Swansea was fantastic for shopping back in the day. |
Mrs J2J worked in a number of shops you mention there, including Duck Son and Pinker(Record Dept) on Union Street, she worked there until it's closure in October 1984 |  | | |
| Our city - trip down memory lane on 18:39 - Apr 28 with 717 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Our city - trip down memory lane on 18:29 - Apr 28 by jack2jack |
Mrs J2J worked in a number of shops you mention there, including Duck Son and Pinker(Record Dept) on Union Street, she worked there until it's closure in October 1984 |
No way!
I loved that shop. And lived in there.
Because I learnt piano and guitar etc I’d always get my sheet music from Duck Son & Pinker. And they had the best selection of classical music records in there. I used to go in there to play their pianos as well.
Often used to go in with my Grandad before we went to the Swans. |  | | |
| Our city - trip down memory lane on 18:40 - Apr 28 with 716 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Our city - trip down memory lane on 18:22 - Apr 28 by Lohengrin |
And Musiquarium for the more discerning. |
I vaguely remember that. Where was it? | | | |
| Our city - trip down memory lane on 18:52 - Apr 28 with 700 views | Treforys_Jack |
| Our city - trip down memory lane on 18:40 - Apr 28 by londonlisa2001 |
I vaguely remember that. Where was it? |
The market. |  | | |
| Our city - trip down memory lane on 18:53 - Apr 28 with 696 views | jack2jack |
| Our city - trip down memory lane on 18:39 - Apr 28 by londonlisa2001 |
No way!
I loved that shop. And lived in there.
Because I learnt piano and guitar etc I’d always get my sheet music from Duck Son & Pinker. And they had the best selection of classical music records in there. I used to go in there to play their pianos as well.
Often used to go in with my Grandad before we went to the Swans. |
Yes she worked there for 4 years, until it's closure, she was gutted, she absolutely loved working there.Such a shame, funnily enough we were in Bath a good few years ago now, maybe 15 and their shop was still open then, Bridge Street as I recall, it's all gone now, they also had shops in Bristol and Swindon.
She often recalls her time there with great affection. | | | |
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| Our city - trip down memory lane on 19:07 - Apr 28 with 683 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Our city - trip down memory lane on 18:52 - Apr 28 by Treforys_Jack |
The market. |
Oh yes, of course it was. I remember now. | | | |
| Our city - trip down memory lane on 19:08 - Apr 28 with 679 views | jack2jack |
| Our city - trip down memory lane on 19:01 - Apr 27 by Best_loser |
They should have kept a few of those double decker buses
Being upstairs in one going around the Gower was a pleasure |
There are a few knocking about, in the transport museum down on Fabian Way, down by the Audi centre, they do run some trips in the summer. Here's a link for you.ðŸ‘
http://www.swtpg.org.uk/ [Post edited 28 Apr 2020 19:10]
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| Our city - trip down memory lane on 19:08 - Apr 28 with 678 views | union_jack |
| Our city - trip down memory lane on 18:53 - Apr 28 by jack2jack |
Yes she worked there for 4 years, until it's closure, she was gutted, she absolutely loved working there.Such a shame, funnily enough we were in Bath a good few years ago now, maybe 15 and their shop was still open then, Bridge Street as I recall, it's all gone now, they also had shops in Bristol and Swindon.
She often recalls her time there with great affection. |
Didn’t they move ever so briefly to Oxford Street down towards the arcades? |  |
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| Our city - trip down memory lane on 19:14 - Apr 28 with 669 views | jack2jack |
| Our city - trip down memory lane on 19:08 - Apr 28 by union_jack |
Didn’t they move ever so briefly to Oxford Street down towards the arcades? |
Yes they did very briefly as you say, the original building was demolished sometime in the 70s we believe, and the TSB building that is there now was built in its place.👠| | | |
| Our city - trip down memory lane on 19:19 - Apr 28 with 658 views | Best_loser |
| Our city - trip down memory lane on 19:08 - Apr 28 by jack2jack |
There are a few knocking about, in the transport museum down on Fabian Way, down by the Audi centre, they do run some trips in the summer. Here's a link for you.ðŸ‘
http://www.swtpg.org.uk/ [Post edited 28 Apr 2020 19:10]
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| Our city - trip down memory lane on 19:21 - Apr 28 with 654 views | union_jack |
| Our city - trip down memory lane on 19:14 - Apr 28 by jack2jack |
Yes they did very briefly as you say, the original building was demolished sometime in the 70s we believe, and the TSB building that is there now was built in its place.👠|
The original building was fantastic. Something from another era. | |
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| Our city - trip down memory lane on 19:26 - Apr 28 with 647 views | jack2jack |
| Our city - trip down memory lane on 19:21 - Apr 28 by union_jack |
The original building was fantastic. Something from another era. |
I honestly can't remember the original building, my wife reckons it was more of a two storey building, DS and Pinker were there for decades and decades. | | | |
| Our city - trip down memory lane on 19:29 - Apr 28 with 643 views | union_jack |
| Our city - trip down memory lane on 19:26 - Apr 28 by jack2jack |
I honestly can't remember the original building, my wife reckons it was more of a two storey building, DS and Pinker were there for decades and decades. |
Dimly lit, one open wooden ground floor. Something out of Victorian days but had it’s own character. | |
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| Our city - trip down memory lane on 20:34 - Apr 28 with 588 views | fbreath |
I used to live above the cafe you can see at the bottom end of the road in photo number 4. I would have been 6 years old when that photo was taken. |  |
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| Our city - trip down memory lane on 21:21 - Apr 28 with 555 views | theloneranger |
| Our city - trip down memory lane on 18:29 - Apr 28 by jack2jack |
Mrs J2J worked in a number of shops you mention there, including Duck Son and Pinker(Record Dept) on Union Street, she worked there until it's closure in October 1984 |
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| Our city - trip down memory lane on 21:23 - Apr 28 with 555 views | dickythorpe |
| Our city - trip down memory lane on 21:16 - Apr 28 by theloneranger |
Eddershaws was in St Helens Road. |
As was "Rowlands music exchange" bought loads of pre-owned videos, CDs and DVDs.
It's gone now I thinkâ˜¹ï¸ |  | | |
| Our city - trip down memory lane on 21:34 - Apr 28 with 547 views | jack2jack |
| Our city - trip down memory lane on 21:16 - Apr 28 by theloneranger |
Eddershaws was in St Helens Road. |
Don't remember that one Ranger, only the Oxford Street one. Also thanks for posting the photo of Duck sons
Lovely old shop, as i say can't remember that one,only the newer one👠[Post edited 28 Apr 2020 21:40]
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| Our city - trip down memory lane on 22:03 - Apr 28 with 516 views | Thrasher6 |
| Our city - trip down memory lane on 18:21 - Apr 28 by londonlisa2001 |
I remember John Menzies for records - top Woolies as well.
And of course we had one of the early Virgin record shops on Union Street and Derrick’s on Oxford Street. |
Spent a lot of time in Virgin on Union Street...and Derricks was a treaure trove for getting a few cheap punk records that they couldn't sell... |  |
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| Our city - trip down memory lane on 08:45 - Apr 29 with 468 views | epaul |
| Our city - trip down memory lane on 18:22 - Apr 28 by Lohengrin |
And Musiquarium for the more discerning. |
Brilliant shop I was in there every Saturday morning when I was on weekend leave, spent a fortune in there, they had a signed gold disc copy of Electric(The Cult) up on the wall but would never sell it to me, I use to ask everytime I went in there lol |  |
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| Our city - trip down memory lane on 08:46 - Apr 29 with 468 views | jack_lord |
| Our city - trip down memory lane on 19:33 - Apr 27 by theloneranger |
I think the "new" Evening Post building by Morgans Hotel was built late 1960's and the castle buildings demolished in the 1970's.
Previous to it becoming the Evening Post offices, the Castle building had been the Post Office and then the Labour Exchange.
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Why on earth wasn't that building listed and why was it knocked down? As a child of the late 60's I was thinking that there used to be more of Swansea Castle but perhaps it was that building. |  |
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| Our city - trip down memory lane on 08:50 - Apr 29 with 465 views | jack_lord |
| Our city - trip down memory lane on 21:34 - Apr 28 by jack2jack |
Don't remember that one Ranger, only the Oxford Street one. Also thanks for posting the photo of Duck sons
Lovely old shop, as i say can't remember that one,only the newer one👠[Post edited 28 Apr 2020 21:40]
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Wasn't one side on Oxford street and the other on St Helen's road? | |
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